Innovation Act for Industry-Academia Collaboration and Talent Cultivation in National Key Fields Article 46

If the management committee determines that the key research institute’s operational planning and/or performance is poor, the situation shall be handled in accordance with one of the following provisions:1.The management committee shall order the key research institute to put forward a plan for improvement within a specified time limit and the key research institute shall implement the plan upon deliberation and approval by the management committee and submit it to the supervisory committee for reference.2.If the key research institute fails to put forward a plan for improvement in accordance with the provisions of the preceding subparagraph or if the management committee disapprove the plan after deliberation over it, the management committee may put forward a plan for improvement and order the key research institute to implement it and the management committee shall submit the plan to the supervisory committee for reference.If the supervisory committee determines that the key research institute’s operating performance is poor after deliberating over the key research institute’s performance report, the key research institute shall draw up a plan for operation improvement within six months that addresses each operations item and submit the plan to the management committee for deliberation. If the management committee approves the plan, the key research institute shall submit it to the university council for reference.The key research institute shall report its handling of the plan for operation improvement referred to in the preceding paragraph to the supervisory committee on a regular basis; if the supervisory committee determines that the improvements made are not effective and the key research institute must be closed down, the key research institute shall put forward a closure plan within three months. The plan shall be deliberated over by the management committee and the supervisory committee, then presented to the university council for approval, after which the national university shall submit the plan to the competent authority for approval, and if the plan is approved, the national university shall implement it. If the management committee is negligent in its handling of the situation, the supervisory committee shall put forward a closure plan then present it to the university council for approval, after which the national university shall submit the plan to the competent authority for approval, and if the plan is approved, the national university shall implement it.